For those out there looking to find the perfect fill for that LOST-shaped void in your life, TBS’s new show Are We There Yet? might be the answer.

From Executive Producer Ice Cube, the new series is a spin-off of sorts from the successful 2005 family comedy motion picture of the same name. One of the stars of the new program is Comic Strip Live! favorite Christian Finnegan.

A long time friend of the club, Finnegan is perhaps best known for his appearances on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann, as “Chad” in “The Mad Real World” sketch on Comedy Central’s Chappelle’s Show and as a talking head like no other on VH1’s Best Week Ever. He has also appeared on CBS’ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, NBC’s Today Show and in 2009 unveiled his one hour special Au Contraire!, which was released through Warner Bros. Records.

An audience favorite, Christian is a regular the Strip. To find out when you can catch him next, keep an eye on our schedule.

A Comic Strip original, Eddie Murphy has been making the TV circuit this last week promoting his role in the upcoming Shrek film. On every couch he has visited he hasn’t shied away from his long-running passion to end his career where it all began: on the stand up stage.

As anyone familiar with Eddie’s career would tell you, he started performing stand up on 2nd Avenue in between 81st and 82nd streets at the home of New York comedy, The Comic Strip Live! If Eddie really does return to the stage, will he be coming back to his home club? Its too early to tell and he has returned tight-lipped on the whole thing, but it wouldn’t take much of an imagination to picture Eddie back on the stage where he first honed his craft.

This last Tuesday at the Comic Strip Live!, a new live reality show debuted to fantastic results!

The brainchild of Sherrod Small (VH1’s Best Week Ever, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!) and General Manager and Talent Booker of the Comic Strip J.R. Ravitz, “The Lottery Show” is a reality show based on the real-life process of what it takes to get “passed” to start performing stand up comedy on Late Night at the Comic Strip Live!

The Lottery Show’s debut this last Tuesday was met with great results. Well over 100 audience members were in attendance for the debut of the show where six aspiring comedians perform their best 5 minutes of stand up comedy for a panel of comedian judges. The laughs came early and often and all in attendance signaled that the show was a hit!

While auditions have been taking place every Tuesday at the Comic Strip for some time, this new insider perspective on the process is what makes the show a must-see.

If you would like to be a part of the next great web sensation, come join us as part of our live audience. The next taping of the show is this Tuesday, May 25th at 11:00. The regular all-star packed Comic Strip Live! show takes place prior to “The Lottery Show,” but if you want to just come to the taping, come by around 10:30, tell us you are here for the show and we will wave your cover. That’s right, FREE ADMISSION!

More info on The Lottery Show will be coming soon. Keep checking back here at Eighty Second & 2nd for updates!